Life’s Jewels

426 IMPRO VEMENT ERA .

Grant's reply. Sherman's next remark was, "We've been licked today." The answer was calm, but with much assurance, "Yes, but we'll lick them tomorrow." The commanding general was neither excited or discouraged. He had calmly reviewed the day's maneuvers and had seen the mistakes which he had decided to avoid on the following day. General Sherman, noticing the confidence with which his superior officer spoke, concluded to keep his counsel to himself, and at once departed in silent confidence that the morrow would see the nation's braves "on top." And so it turned out. The point of the story is— never say die. God's love is greater than his anger. Let not our faults keep us from the feet of our Lord. The prodigal son had sinned grievously, but he knew that the father's love was unbounded, and he was not disappointed. Broth- ers, holding the priesthood, let us each keep a log-book and jot down our bearings every day, that we may always know where we are at, lest we find ourselves without a rudder or chart, drifting among the danger rocks of apostasy, without hope. Ogden, Utah.

Life's Jewels.

{For the Improvement Era.)

Give unto me no common gem! My crown must be of worth; gather for my diadem The rarest pearls of earth.

One here, one there, but few in all, Yet each with worth untold; The gems I gather with a call Are neither bought nor sold.

And though I leave this earthly sphere, I'll clasp them to my heart; Yea, leave all gold and silver here, But we shall never part.

And what my crown? ere I forget: 'Tis happiness divine; 'Tis made of life, with jewels set, Each gem a friend of mine. Budapest, Hungary. E. Remington Davenport.